In a January 2009 appeal, he told an administrative law judge he stopped working as a union carpenter because "I wasn't gettingalong with a lot of people and I was getting a bad reputation, like I was losing control of, I guess, my nerves, " according to records from a later federal-court hearing.
But one of the things that the President has said is that this new era of engagement can't just be between governments -- you know, it's not just about the presidents and prime ministers gettingalong.